Tie-plate.



E. H. BELLY TIE PLATE. uPLIoA'rIoN FILED In'. 19, 1909. y 948,127. Patented Feb.1,191o.

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E. H. BELL.

TIE PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.19,1909.

Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

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E. H. BELL. TIE PLATE. APPLIoA'TIoN FILED 11:11.19, 1909.

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fww EMM/540 1. by 65% y @W Patented Feb. 1, 1'910.

E. H. BELL.

TIE PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 19.1909.

Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

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V v'This mventlitirelatesto railway tie-'plates i UivfiirFDsrArFs--PATENT oFFioF.

EDWIN H. BELL, or cnicaoo; ILLINOIS.

TIE-PLATE.' f

948,127. Specification ot Letters Patent. I f' Application'tlled February 19, 1909. "Seria1'No. 478,773.v

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offChicago, in the county of Cook and State .of I llinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements ii Tie-Plates; and I do hereby declare? that'f the following is a full, clear and exact description thereof, reference being had .to the accompanying andr to vthe letters of reference of'tliat class having upon the upperI surface l5 fof the plate at one side of the railfs'eat a rib o r flange forming a rail-abutting shoulder tending to prevent lateral s hiftmff of the raillup'on the ,tie-plate. and relatively to the tie. -A In a tie-plate embodying my invention the bodxpf the late yis substantially' uniform in thic ess anis of corrugated form, having ribs on both sides width, and the lianlge or rib which forms the rail-abutting shou der extends transversely of.- the oves or corrugations of the plate.

l i 'Theinvention may be more readily Understood.by 'reference to the accompanying diawings,-i`nwhich, "Figurel isa perspective view of a tieplate embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevationthereof. Fig. 3 is an jections a sectional view taken on line 10--10 of Fig.

end View thereof. Fig, '4 is an end view of a plate in which the rail abutting flange .thereon consists of a series of rounded pro- Fig. 5 is 'a detail sectional view taken on line 5 5 of Fig: 4. Fig. 6 is a a .detail sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 4. Fig, 7 is an end view showing 'a plate in which the corrugated body thereof is of slightly modified forni.' Fig. 8 is a plan view 'of a late having obliquely arranged corrugations. Fi 9 is a'scctional 8. Fig. 11 is illdetail section taken on line 11-1j1 of Fig.A 8.- Fig.12 is a lan view'of another fo'rm of plate having o lique corru- 'gationsx Fig. 13 .is a section taken on line on line '14-14 of Fig. 12. Fig. l5 is a lan view of va plate `bearin 15. Fig. 17 is a sectional view taken on line l i k117-17 ef Fig. l15.v Fig. is is n detail view Beit known'that Il', EDWIN H. BELL, a l *citizen of the United States, and la resident of -the central part of the plate shown in Fi 15, as scen from benefit i.

is shown in Figs. 1 to 7' of the drawings, the tie-plate, indicated by A, is provided on its upper4 surface with a plurality of grooves a and intervenin ribs al, and on its under surface.with a p urality of grooves a'f and intervening projections as,' said ribs and pro- )ections being arran ed to give corrugated form to the plate, W ich is of substantially uniforin'thickness throughout. Said rooves.l

and i'ibs on the upper and lower sur aces of the plate extend throughout the entire length thereof, and in a direction lengthwise of the plate or parallel with its side margins and transversely of the rail, when the latter is applidto or rests upon the plate.- N ear one en ofthe plate the same is provided with a rib or flange B'whichrises from' the-top vsurface of the plate, and the inner face, b of which is 4vertical and fornis a rail-abuttin shoulder. The grooves a, a2 iii-the top an bot-toin surfaces of the plate are made so deep that the bottoms of the grooves extendpast each other, with the result that the parts of the plate between the upper and lower grooves are substantiall vertical 'or upright, and constitute iii c ect members which are adapted to give stiffness to the pla-te as a whole and great capacity to resist tendency sure of the rail thereon under heavy loads. The tie-plate illustrated in said Figs. 1 to 7 is i'ovidcd with four s ike holes, two of wliicli C, C extend througli the rib or Harige B, and two of which C1, C1 are located near theV opposite end of the plate. As 'shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the rib'B has its upperedge parallel with the body of the plate oris of uniform height throughout. its length, but, as

shown in Figs. 4:, 5 and 6, the tie-plate, in-

to bend or buckle under the downward pres- 4 stead of being provided with a continuous rib, has a plurality of rounded projections ,B, B2, two of which B1, B1 are higher than the other two B2," B2. In the instance illustrated in said Figs. 4, 5 and G, the ro'ections B2, B2 of less height, are located)adja cent tothe side migins of the plate and the s ike holes C, Cextend through the same.

aid Figs. 5, 6 and 7 also illustratel another feature of niy invention, to wit; the rib forining the rail abutting shoulder isrex'- tended downwardly to the level of the bot-- tom of the. plate, in the form of short webs or fillings 1, which severally extend V,across the grooves a', a in the bottom of the at its top edge, as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, or

V top-edge, as in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, serves to 'Inl the modified form of construction plate., A rib thus made, whether straight'.

notched to form rounded projectio..s at its greatly stifien or strengthen the plate.

shown in Fig. 7 the body of the plateis cor-V Iugated in the saine manner as before de- Vscribed and is vof substantially uniform y thickness tliroiighout,biit between the grooves at the top and bottom surfaces of the plate, i

fiat'surfaces a, a are formed. Saidflat i surfaces constitute bearing surfaces on the bottom of the plate .whichV rest against the tie and bearing surfaces on the top of the a rests or is supported.

tended to e produced by the rolling of a long or continuons blank corresponding in plate constituting the seat on which the rail The tieate made. as'described is 'in- -stiffnessror rigidity being due to the fact that the corrugations are made so deep, or the distance between the top and bottomI surfaces of the plate so lgreat in proportion i to its thickness, that the substantially upi right portions of the plate which intervene between the top and bottoni grooves constitut'e, in effect, vertical webs' or stiii'ening members affording ahigli degree of resistance to flexiire of the plate under the downward pressure of the rail thereon, whilel the transverse rib or flange, being madel integral with the'corrugated body of the]I plate andY extending across the grooves or ecrrngations serves to give lateraL rigidity thereto and to prevent flattening of the cori rugated body of the plate, or the spreading apart of its corrugations under the downl ward pressure thereon. In the lcase of the i construction shown in Fig. 4, in which the 1 rail abutting rib is continued downwardly t to the level of' the bottom surface of the plate, a large degree of stiffness or ri idity is given to the s: id plate, and when tie rib i has rounded projections at its top edge, the Vt rib iiset" made l-ulieiently strong or i igid, iiothwithstanding the presence of the dei pressions or notches between the rounded paojections.

5A, late rovided with a. rail-abuttingV shoul er anl the body of which is of corrugated form, as shown, has the further.. advantage that the grooves in the lower surl face thereof aflord'air. channels preventing the retention of water or moisture between the tie-plate and the tie, while: thegrooves f i vin .the upper surface of the' late foi-m.` spaces to receive sand or grit w lich would,"7 in the absence of said grooves, remain tie-.1 tween the rail and the top surface of thetie-` plate and tend to produce' rapid wear in the contacting surfaces 'of` the tielate and rail. v 4

In Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11 is siown tie-plate D, the bod of which isprovided.` with-. grooves d, l, and 'intervening ridges d2, d'. Y. giving corrugated forni tothe plate, in the same manner as hereinbefore described, but in which the 'grooves orcorrugation's are obliquely arranged withrespect to the side margins of the plate. I is 'instance theAv plate is provided with a rib E, which cit-35 'tends above the. top of the plate and forms a rail-abutting shoulder` e, said rib being lextended downwardly tothe level of the bottom of the plate byA 'means of filling pieces el, 6"(Figs. 9 vand 10) in the same 90 manner as described in connection with Figs. 4, 5 and 6. The tie-plate shown in said Figs. 8 to 11 Ais provided with means for preventing the flattening 'of the plate,

by the spreading apart of the portions therer of' between the grooves, eoiisistin of short downwardly extending webs or anges on the, under side of the' plate, extending across the groovesd, cl, as indicated by Ve in Fig.

11, and by the dotted lines in Fig. 8. rThe v plate shown in Fig. 1l is Vprovided with two spike lioles F, F extendingy through the rib E and with two spike holes F1, F1 near the opposite margin of the plate. '1

InFigs. 12, 13 and 14 is shown a plate G, loi.

embracing the saine general features hereinbefore described.y In this instance, the plate G is provided with two sets of corrugations Vformed by grooves g and intervening ribs g1 at the-top of the plateand grooves (/2 and 1i0 intervening ribsl g at the bottoni of the plate. "'lhe two sets of grooves or corrugatioiis are o )positely inclined and nieet along the-central, longitudinal line of the plate. .\t such central, longitudinal line is formed llt what is in efi'ecta contiiiuonsrib H, consisting of a series of short fianges or web-portions la', extending across the, Grooves g in the top of the platel and a series of like web members g extending across -tlie grooves g2 in the 120 bottoni oi' the plate, the said web-members being arranged in alineinent with each other y so as to 'forni tliecontinuous rib H. In this instance the Yplate is rovided with a rib I provided with a raila ut'ting shoulder z and 1,25 the plate is provided with spike holes J, J 'extending through the rib I and,fnearits opposite margin, with spike holes "J1, J 1.

As shown in Figs. 15, 16, 17 and 18, a tieplate K is' shown having corrugationsA ex- 130 tendin both transversely and longitudinally thereo- In this instance the tie-plate is provided centrally of its length with a series of transversely extending corrugations formed'by means of grooves k and intervening ribs k1 at its top'surface and a series of grooves k2 andintervening ribs la at its bottom surface; the corrugations thus formed extending across the plate from side to side thereof. The end portionsof the plate in this instance are provided With 1ongitudinally extending corrugations formed by means of grooves in its top and bottom surfaces, in the saine manner as hereinbe-V fore described. In order to stiften the plate and to prevent/ the elongation-of the same by the flattening of the central transverse corrugations, the .plateis provided withA a 'longitudinal rib L extending across the said corrugations and formed by means of short. fianges Z, Z extending across the severalgrooves la, in the top of the plate and like flanges Z1, l extending across the grooves k2, k2 in the bott-om of` the plate. In this instance the plate is provided with a rib M forming a rail-abutting shoulderm, said rib being extended downwardly so that its bottom surface is at the level of the Ybottom surface of the plate," as hereinbefore described. The plate in this instance is rovided with spike holes N2' N exten ing through the rib M and with spike holes N 1 N1 near the opposite end margin of the plate.

I claim as my invention y 1. A tie-plate rovided in its top and bottom surfaces with grooves giving corrugated form to the plate, the body of said plate being of substantiall throughout and the mterveningrid'ges between said ojrooves constituting' a .rail supporting surface and a bottom bearing surface for Contact with the tie, said plate having an integral rib exgidig across the grooves in ,the top and bottom surfaces ofthe plate and rising above the rail bearing surface of the plate to forma rail abutting shoulder.

2. A tie-plate provided in its top and bottom surfaces with`| parallel grooves giving corrufated form to the plate, and having a rib w ich extends transversely to the corrugations, Said rib extending above the rail supporting surface of the plate to form a rall-abuttin shoulder, and having its lower surface in t e plane of the bottom surface of the plate.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signature in the presence Sof two witnesses, this 17th day of February A. D. 1909.

EDWIN H. BELL. Witnesses: Gr.A J. BRYCE,

GEORGE R. WILKINs. 

